Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Battlefield

Battlefield, par., N. Shropshire, 3 miles NE. of Shrewsbury, 1025 ac., pop. 91; here was fought the battle (1403) in which Harry Hotspur was slain, and Douglas captured.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Battlefield ExP/CP/AP       Shropshire AncC
Place: Battlefield

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